The Courtship
(Sprache: Englisch)
The stunning Regency-era romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.
Characters from two of Coulter s most beloved novels in the Sherbrooke Bride series find each other in The Courtship. Helen Mayberry of Mad Jack has...
Characters from two of Coulter s most beloved novels in the Sherbrooke Bride series find each other in The Courtship. Helen Mayberry of Mad Jack has...
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The stunning Regency-era romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.Characters from two of Coulter s most beloved novels in the Sherbrooke Bride series find each other in The Courtship. Helen Mayberry of Mad Jack has one passion: to track down a mystical treasure. That is, until she meets the thoroughly wicked Spenser Heatherington in a clash of the titans.
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London 1811May 14
Just before midnight LORD BEECHAM STOPPED
dead in his tracks. He turned around so quickly that he
nearly tripped over a huge potted palm.
He couldn t believe it. He had to be wrong. She
couldn t have said that, could she? He looked for the
woman he had just heard speaking.
He parted two huge palm fronds and peered into the
Sanderling s library, a long, narrow, shelf-lined room just
off the ballroom. Where the library was filled with darkbound
tomes, cobwebs in gloomy corners, and just one
small branch of candles casting shadows, the ballroom
was overflowing with lit candles, plants, and at least two
hundred guests, all of them laughing, dancing, and drinking
too much of the potent champagne punch.
The woman he had heard before spoke again. He took
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a step closer to the dimly lit library. Her voice was rich,
tantalizing, filled with laughter. Really, Alexandra, she
said, doesn t just the simple thought of discipline, just
hearing the word, saying it slowly to yourself and letting
it caress your tongue as you say it, doesn t it conjure up
all sorts of delicious scenes of dominance? Can t you just
see yourself? You are completely at the mercy of another,
that person is in total control, and there is nothing you
can do about anything. You know something is going to
happen, you re dreading it, your heart is pounding, you re
afraid, so very afraid, yet it s a delicious sort of fear you
feel. You know, deep down, that you are anticipating what
is to come. You can t wait for it to come, but there is
nothing you can do except imagine what will be done to
you. Ah, yes, your skin is rippling with the excitement of
it.
There was dead
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silence. Wait, was that heavy breathing
he heard?
Lord Beecham, whose very active imagination had conjured
up a vision of himself standing over a beautiful
woman, smiling down at her as he tied her hands over her
head and her legs, spread, to the posts of his bed, knowing
that in just a few minutes, he would remove her clothing,
one lovely garment at a time, slowly, ever so slowly,
and
Oh, goodness, Helen. I have to fan myself. I believe
my bosom is palpitating. You are far too good at painting
word pictures. What you describeit sounds terrifying
and wonderful. It rather makes my mouth water. It also
sounds like a grand production that requires a lot of planning.
Oh, yes, but that is part of the ritual. It is very important
that it be planned perfectly. You are part of the
ritual, the most important part, if you are the one in control.
It requires that you be constantly inventive, that you
don t continue to rely on the same old disciplines. Remember,
anticipation of something unknown is a very
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powerful thing. To be effective, discipline must constantly
grow and change. In most cases, it is effective to have
other people nearby to witness the discipline. This makes
the recipient all the more frightened, his senses more
heightened, his thoughts more focused. It is an amazing
process. You will have to try it. Both sides of it.
More deep silence.
Try it? He wanted to run into that room this very instant
and try everything he could possibly envision or dream
about. His fingers were already on his cravat, ready to
jerk it off so he could tie the wrists of the woman speaking,
together over her head, so she would be helpless, her
eyes large and frightened and excited as she stared up at
him, her lips parted. Damnation, he had only one cravat,
the one he was wearing. He needed at least two. He shuddered,
imagining the smooth flesh of her wrists as he
lightly wrapped the cravat around and around them, then
pulled them bound, over her head
He heard a deep sigh.
All of that is w
he heard?
Lord Beecham, whose very active imagination had conjured
up a vision of himself standing over a beautiful
woman, smiling down at her as he tied her hands over her
head and her legs, spread, to the posts of his bed, knowing
that in just a few minutes, he would remove her clothing,
one lovely garment at a time, slowly, ever so slowly,
and
Oh, goodness, Helen. I have to fan myself. I believe
my bosom is palpitating. You are far too good at painting
word pictures. What you describeit sounds terrifying
and wonderful. It rather makes my mouth water. It also
sounds like a grand production that requires a lot of planning.
Oh, yes, but that is part of the ritual. It is very important
that it be planned perfectly. You are part of the
ritual, the most important part, if you are the one in control.
It requires that you be constantly inventive, that you
don t continue to rely on the same old disciplines. Remember,
anticipation of something unknown is a very
THE COURTSHIP 3
powerful thing. To be effective, discipline must constantly
grow and change. In most cases, it is effective to have
other people nearby to witness the discipline. This makes
the recipient all the more frightened, his senses more
heightened, his thoughts more focused. It is an amazing
process. You will have to try it. Both sides of it.
More deep silence.
Try it? He wanted to run into that room this very instant
and try everything he could possibly envision or dream
about. His fingers were already on his cravat, ready to
jerk it off so he could tie the wrists of the woman speaking,
together over her head, so she would be helpless, her
eyes large and frightened and excited as she stared up at
him, her lips parted. Damnation, he had only one cravat,
the one he was wearing. He needed at least two. He shuddered,
imagining the smooth flesh of her wrists as he
lightly wrapped the cravat around and around them, then
pulled them bound, over her head
He heard a deep sigh.
All of that is w
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Autoren-Porträt von Catherine Coulter
Catherine Coulter ist seit langem eine sehr erfolgreiche Romanautorin, doch erst mit ihren romantischen Thrillern gelang ihr der große Durchbruch, der sie in alle amerikanischen Bestsellerlisten katapultierte. Sie lebt in Nordkalifornien.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Catherine Coulter
- 2000, 352 Seiten, Maße: 10,6 x 17,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: IMPORT
- ISBN-10: 0515127213
- ISBN-13: 9780515127218
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"Delectable humor and sexuality." -PUBLISHERS WEEKLYA good storyteller Coulter always keeps the pace brisk. Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Ms. Coulter is a one-of-a-kind author who knows how to hook her readers and keep them coming back for more. The Best Reviews
Coulter is excellent at portraying the romantic tension between her heroes and heroines, and she manages to write explicitly but beautifully about sex as well as love. Milwaukee Journal
Coulter instinctively feeds our desire to believe in knights in shining armor and everlasting love historical romance at its finest. BookReporter.com
One of the genre s great storytellers. Kansas City Star
One of the masters of the genre. The Newark Star-Ledger
Catherine Coulter is one of the best authors of exciting thrillers writing today. Midwest Book Review
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